First started on December 6th, 2014.
Published on December 8th, 2014.

Chapter 25/300
Shin Gecko
Tephra Cave Arc (8/17)

"Its suckered feet allow it to go anywhere. Has a lovely blue body."

In the Mag Mell Ruins, there was the Mell Lizard nest in the halls. Five small Mell Lizards, being brown with red spots, lingered at the automatic door. Though they looked frightening, they would only attacked if they were being threatened.

A small Shin Gecko crawled toward this group. One Mell Lizard saw the Shin Gecko with its blue body. It hissed at the Shin Gecko, forcing the Shin Gecko to crawl on the walls. Other Mell Lizards saw the Shin Gecko crawling on the wall, and they, too, hissed at the Shin Gecko.

The Shin Gecko refused to look back, and it started to crawl further down on the wall. Then, the Shin Gecko saw the leader of the Mell Lizard nest: Wallslide Gwynry. The Wallslide Gwynry had gathered a couple of collectibles it gathered in Tephra Cave. They were its prized possessions to keep.

The Shin Gecko feared it would retaliate back, so it continued to climb up to the ceiling without being noticed.

Suddenly, it heard a lot of yells from the entrance of the automatic door. The sound of weapons echoed in the halls, which alerted the Wallslide Gwynry. The Shin Gecko watched the Wallslide Gwynry engaging three Homs. Though the Homs were surprised by a large Mell Lizard, the Homs group attacked back.

The Wallslide Gwynry focused on the blond sword wielder, but a yell from an auburn-hair, tall soldier drew the Wallslide Gwynry's attention. The big lizard attacked the tall soldier, but he guarded the blow with his shield portion of his gunlance. The monster was attacked by the blond sword wielder and the female Homs with dual knives.

"All right! Time for a Chain Attack!" the blond sword wielder said.

"We're gonna knock yer block off!" the auburn-hair solider added with a grin.

"Let's do this! Turn...!" He slowly turned around in a 360 degrees while gripping his sword. "Strike!" He slashed down at the Wallslide Gwynry. "Reyn, you're up!"

"Yo! Goin' down!" Reyn thrust his gunlance to the fiend, toppling the monster in the process. "Fiora, it's up to you!"

"All righty!" she replied with such spirit. "Hidden Thorn!" She slashed upwards to daze the lizard boss. "We're not done yet!"

"Okay! My turn!" the blond sword wielder said. "Silt Edge!" He thrust the lizard's side before withdrawing his weapon back. "Keep it up!"

"Yeaaahhh! Reyn time!" Reyn said as his left fist glowed in red. "Suck on this!" He punched the Wallslide Gwynry's head with an uppercut. It let out a dying shriek before dropping down on the ground motionless. He grinned, putting his gunlance on his back. "Man, am I good, or am I good?"

The blond sword wielder laughed out loud as he placed his sword on his back. "That is so you, Reyn!"

Fiora, putting her dual knives on the side of her hips, giggled at these two. "You two never change," she said as she looked down at the corpses of the lizards. During the battle, they had sliced some of the tails off. These Moving Lizard Tails were still moving. "Ew! These things freak me out!"

"All right, then. The Cylinder Hangar should be down through this way." The group quickly walked down the halls on the opposite side, away from where the Shin Gecko witnessed a lizard massacre.

Naturally, the Shin Gecko crawled away and kept its distance away from the Homs.